Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6323 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sorowsorrow

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 889 times in 278 works
Consistency: 98.2% (889 of 905)
Reach if approved: ~951 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sorrow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 905 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (889 changes in 278 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 889)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… repentance without griefe: For, (as we haue heard out of Paul) it is Godly sorowsorrow which causeth repentance to saluation. Besides, the Scripture hath registred euen a whole catalogue …
With rule
… repentance without griefe: For, (as we haue heard out of Paul) it is Godly sorowsorrow which causeth repentance to saluation. Besides, the Scripture hath registred euen a whole catalogue …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we be careles libertynes. To w^c blasphemies because I can nether answere without y^e sorowsorrow & grief of heart, nether without som offence of godlie eares, I will remit iudgement …
With rule
… we be careles libertynes. To w^c blasphemies because I can nether answere without y^e sorowsorrow & grief of heart, nether without som offence of godlie eares, I will remit iudgement …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… profitable for vs to know theſe things, leſt we ſhould be ſwalowed vppe with ſorowsorrow or fal to deſpaire when we ſee that our aduerſaries doe cruelly perſecute, excommunicate …
With rule
… profitable for vs to know theſe things, leſt we ſhould be ſwalowed vppe with ſorowsorrow or fal to deſpaire when we ſee that our aduerſaries doe cruelly perſecute, excommunicate …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are ſorowfull becauſe of our ſinnes, which albeit by nature they bring ſadnes and ſorowsorrow with them, yet foraſmuch as they can not bringe ſo much hurt, as Chriſt …
With rule
… are ſorowfull becauſe of our ſinnes, which albeit by nature they bring ſadnes and ſorowsorrow with them, yet foraſmuch as they can not bringe ſo much hurt, as Chriſt …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… disturbed, defaced, and greatly enpouerished, who except an enemie to al good order, sorowfully sorowsorrow…th not? Who if not an aduersary to our successiō with large teares lamenteth …
With rule
… disturbed, defaced, and greatly enpouerished, who except an enemie to al good order, sorowfully sorowsorrow…th not? Who if not an aduersary to our successiō with large teares lamenteth …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
It is not then a transient sorowsorrow, nor a formall compunction, (which may wound and pricke the heart, like a needle …
With rule
It is not then a transient sorowsorrow, nor a formall compunction, (which may wound and pricke the heart, like a needle …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fault, and he smarted shrewdly for it) after some space of time, when the sorowsorrow for his son Ammon was ouer, began to earne inwardly after Absolom; and since …
With rule
… fault, and he smarted shrewdly for it) after some space of time, when the sorowsorrow for his son Ammon was ouer, began to earne inwardly after Absolom; and since …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sin; and feared that there was no forgiuenes for them, but still languishing with sorowsorrow, they thought them-selues to stand charged with their former guiltines. Yea, that which …
With rule
… sin; and feared that there was no forgiuenes for them, but still languishing with sorowsorrow, they thought them-selues to stand charged with their former guiltines. Yea, that which …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation A06514

Printed
… leaue his apparel behinde him on earth, becauſe into heauen entreth no corrupt deckinges. SorowSorrow in this meane time wandring abrode in the world, found this apparel, and thinking …
With rule
… leaue his apparel behinde him on earth, becauſe into heauen entreth no corrupt deckinges. SorowSorrow in this meane time wandring abrode in the world, found this apparel, and thinking …
Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · Open in the reader

Conscience A09400

Printed
… be nothing else but Melancholy: but betweene them twa…e, there is great difference. SorowSorrow that comes by melancholly ariseth onely of that humour annoying the body, but this …
With rule
… be nothing else but Melancholy: but betweene them twa…e, there is great difference. SorowSorrow that comes by melancholly ariseth onely of that humour annoying the body, but this …
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
SorowSorrow. Sorowe hath filled your hearts. 16. 6.
With rule
SorowSorrow. Sorowe hath filled your hearts. 16. 6.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
SorowSorrow must bee turned to ioye. 16. 20.
With rule
SorowSorrow must bee turned to ioye. 16. 20.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Sermons on Jonah A16485

Printed
… sinke we vnder our burthen, which lyeth heauy for a moment, and no longer? SorowSorrow may endure for a night, but ioy commeth in the morning. He tempteth not …
With rule
… sinke we vnder our burthen, which lyeth heauy for a moment, and no longer? SorowSorrow may endure for a night, but ioy commeth in the morning. He tempteth not …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 508 · Open in the reader

King Solomons Solace A18017

Printed
… eſtate, if we that be yet liuing ſhould celebrate their funerals with exceſſiue ſorowsorrow. SorowSorrow then we may, for that is naturall: and ſorowsorrow for our friends and acquaintances …
With rule
… eſtate, if we that be yet liuing ſhould celebrate their funerals with exceſſiue ſorowsorrow. SorowSorrow then we may, for that is naturall: and ſorowsorrow for our friends and acquaintances …
John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
… qualitas. And amongſt thoſe ther are two more groſſe & very cōmon, Delectation (I ſay) & SorowSorrow. Their chief place is in the ſynowes, which are diſperſed in a maner throughout …
With rule
… qualitas. And amongſt thoſe ther are two more groſſe & very cōmon, Delectation (I ſay) & SorowSorrow. Their chief place is in the ſynowes, which are diſperſed in a maner throughout …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
Printed
SorowSorrow is in the ſinowes. 141. b
With rule
SorowSorrow is in the ſinowes. 141. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
Printed
SorowSorrow is thirſty. 100. b
With rule
SorowSorrow is thirſty. 100. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
Looke SorowSorrow.
With rule
Looke SorowSorrow.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader